Wilhelmenia

Last seen for girls in 1967 at #5,457

Peak · girls
1940 · 35 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,125
since 1905

Wilhelmenia over time

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Rank among girls' names. Wilhelmenia has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201930peak #1,242, 1940girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1967#5,4577
1966
1965#5,2897
1964#3,69213
1963#3,63513
1962#4,8658
1961#5,3097
1960#4,4379
1959#3,25414
1958#3,74711
1957#3,69611
1956#2,82617
1955#3,57111
1954#3,01914
1953#2,51618
1952#1,89228
1951#2,11622
1950#1,67931
1949#1,62733
1948#1,73929
1947#1,82228
1946#1,80825
1945#1,99318
1944#1,29338
1943#1,70325
1942#1,38734
1941#1,29435
1940#1,24235
1939#1,29133
1938#1,54724
1937#1,91417
1936#1,80118
1935#1,60622
1934#1,51824
1933#1,40027
1932#1,68521
1931#1,37529
1930#1,81520
1929#1,89219
1928#2,09417
1927#2,02619
1926#1,88321
1925#1,57628
1924#1,56629
1923#2,16917
1922#1,68225
1921#1,86722
1920#1,40732
1919#2,15616
1918#2,02918
1917#1,84719
1916#2,65811
1915#2,38412
1914#2,26510
1913#2,3318
1912#2,3607
1911#1,7928
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1909#1,9576
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1905#1,9315
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First appearance
1905

The first year at least five girls were named Wilhelmenia! It came in at #1,931, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1905–1908, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Wilhelmenia
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1967
Rise & fade · girls
35 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1905
  • Peaked 1940 at #1,242 (35 births)
  • Births halved by 1954, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 32,672
  • Highest: 1 in 32,672 girls born in 1940 were named Wilhelmenia (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 235,861 girls born in 1967 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 26.7% of all girls named Wilhelmenia (300) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s11#1,931 (1905)#1,944
1910s109#1,792 (1911)#2,202
1920s229#1,407 (1920)#1,816
1930s235#1,291 (1939)#1,595
1940s300#1,242 (1940)#1,591
1950s177#1,679 (1950)#2,832
1960s64#3,635 (1963)#4,669

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Wilhelmenia in 1930

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#1,815
20 births · 1 in 56,296 girls

Top girls' names in 1930

  1. #1Mary64,153
  2. #2Betty38,240
  3. #3Dorothy30,411
  4. #4Helen19,913
  5. #5Margaret18,350
  6. #6Barbara18,279
  7. #7Patricia15,751
  8. #8Joan15,478
  9. #9Doris15,464
  10. #10Ruth14,942
  11. #1,815Wilhelmenia20
More about 1930

girls

1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 56,296 of them was named Wilhelmenia, which outranked 65.4% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wilhelmenia
  1. #1,748Willard21
  2. #1,748Willo21
  3. #1,748Yola21
  4. #1,815Wilhelmenia20
  5. #1,815Agness20
  6. #1,815Allean20
  7. #1,815Alverda20
  8. #1,875Adelene19
  9. #1,875Adline19
  10. #1,875Almira19

Tied with 59 names at #1,815; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 701Claudette#1,642#941
  2. 583Ardeth#1,212#629
  3. 445Julianne#1,339#894
  4. 376Sonja#1,223#847
  5. 374Armida#1,174#800
Fallers
  1. 348Ingrid#941#1,289
  2. 315Coralie#895#1,210
  3. 229Elenor#981#1,210
  4. 229Mammie#981#1,210
  5. 226Sibyl#902#1,128

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1930